Children of the World - Amateur , 10th Spider Awards | Black & White Spider Photography Awards™

Mario Bejagan Cardenas

United Arab Emirates

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Life at the Cemetery"
The faces of innocent, impoverished children were a humbling spectacle of wholeness in spirit, hope and courage in the midst of poverty and suffering. Photo taken at Navotas Cemetery, Philippines.

Sasa Prizmic

Croatia

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Captured by the Sun"

Neil Buchan Grant

UK

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Anna"
Portrait of a girl found on a peat bog in Galway Ireland

Julie Garran

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Bathtime"

Thomas Phoon

Malaysia

Honorable Mention

"Passenger"
A little boy lingering around the abandoned coach which consider his playground, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Hayden Graham

USA

Honorable Mention

"The Paper Mask"

Caleb Stein

USA

Honorable Mention

"Sulking in the Pool"

Donna Pinckley

USA

Honorable Mention

"Allie"

Fadhel Almutaghawi

Bahrain

Honorable Mention

"In Need"
poor kid looking from their house in a small village in the Philippines

Oliver Stegmann

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Intimacy"
Bahia, Brazil - 2015

Oliver Stegmann

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Action Painting"
Bahia, Brazil - 2015

Nick Ng

Malaysia

Honorable Mention

"In My Old Home"
Within the depilated home in rural Yunnan, a lone child awaits her parent.

Mario Bejagan Cardenas

United Arab Emirates

Honorable Mention

"Compassion can Heal"
A young boy was sitting quietly on a pile of garbage while leaning against a short wall. I took the photo showing only his friends’ hands, as he looked above with a sweet smile across his face.

Karin Charteris

New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Boys in Deep Discussion"
Two little boys in deep conversation at the railway station

Teran Jones

USA

Honorable Mention

"Avery"
Playtime on the trampoline

Abdulla AlMushaifri

Qatar

Honorable Mention

"Next Generation "
Tow Nomad Omani Boys working as camels coach

$I Can\'t Be with Them$

abdulrahman alterkait

Kuwait

Nominee

"I Can\'t Be with Them"
I can't be with them

Agnese Mosi

Italy

Nominee

"Little Indian Girl"
Little girl on the roof

Alexandru Ilea

Romania

Nominee

"Varanasi"
Children playing with their kites near the Ganges river in Varanasi, India

Allan Borebor

Philippines

Nominee

"Capturing Hope"
I was happy with their curiosity on what they are watching with the small DVD player. I took this as a glimpse of hope even for just a few hours, those kids are happy on what they have.

Allan Borebor

Philippines

Nominee

"Happy Moment"
One bike, four kids riding and enjoying the moment.

Amr El-shafei

USA

Nominee

"Trio"
bhutan festival

Andrea Biscosi

Italy

Nominee

"Curiosity"

Angela Baschieri

UK

Nominee

"Kid at Timket, Ethiopia"
Kid at Timket Ethiopia

Arnab Adak

India

Nominee

"Playtime"
Children at a boarding school during their recess

Barbara Krieger

USA

Nominee

"Untitled (2)"
Colin Considers the Ski-Doo

Barry Cheeseman

Australia

Nominee

"Vietnam Highland Children"
In the mountains of Vietnam many children are left at home whilst both parents attend their fields.

Beatrix Jourdan

Hungary

Nominee

"Dancing in the Night"

Bernard Werner

USA

Nominee

"Hard at Work"
Merida 2010

Brian Jones

Australia

Nominee

"Pas de Trois"

Caleb Stein

USA

Nominee

"After School Fight, 14th Street, 3 PM, Friday"

Carol Schaller

USA

Nominee

"Young Monk - Myanmar"
A young monk is illuminated by candlelight in Myanmar

Charles Mifsud

Malta

Nominee

"The Flight"
A little girl looked mesmerized at birds flying around. A seagull flew I knew she would be following

Charles Mifsud

Malta

Nominee

"The Skipper"
A Little girl still skips the rope like old times in Gozo.

Christine Spring

New Zealand

Nominee

"School's Out"

Debosmita Das

India

Nominee

"Education For All"
Inclusive study-same class for disabled and other children,is becoming a norm.Taken in an orphanage.

Denis Bourg

UK

Nominee

"Kids @The VA"

Dietmar Sorgatz

Germany

Nominee

"Tokyo Kid"
Streets of Tokyo, April 2015

Donna Pinckley

USA

Nominee

"Abby with Skateboard"

Donna Pinckley

USA

Nominee

"Austin with Bubbles"

Edwin Soriano

USA

Nominee

"Back From School"

Emre Turan

Turkey

Nominee

"Sunday Afternoon"
children playing with pigeons near izmir clock tower

Fadhel Almutaghawi

Bahrain

Nominee

"School Happiness"
Photo express the kids happiness time at islamic school in Aqra,India

Fadhel Almutaghawi

Bahrain

Nominee

"Aysha"
Indian student

George Turner III

USA

Nominee

"Nino Cubano"
Little boy Havana, Cuba 2013

Gerald Fleury

USA

Nominee

"Fight Club"
Image made in Cuba 2015 in a small town named Iznaga

Gertjan van Geerenstein

Netherlands

Nominee

"Carolina @Kibera Slum"
Januari 2014, Nairobi. Teenage girls are suffering the most at Kibera Slum

Glenn Larsen

USA

Nominee

"Pigeon Master"
A boy having fun feeding the pigeons in San Jose, Costa Rica

Ionut Cirja

Romania

Nominee

"Smiles"
Boys returning home after school with the bus

Iringo Simon

Romania

Nominee

"Stolen childhood"

Jay Hsu

Taiwan

Nominee

"Light of the World"
It' the human nature. My daughter naturally finds the light, depends on it, plays with it, loves it, and become it. The photograph reminds me, we used to be a child, we're also the light of the worl

John Moulds

Australia

Nominee

"Red Dao..."
Em Nhung, a Red Dao ethnic girl from Nam Dam School Ha Giang Vietnam, looks coyly at the camera .

JP Terlizzi

USA

Nominee

"Khmer Boy"
Young boy of Siem Reap, Cambodia cooling off in the flood gates

JP Terlizzi

USA

Nominee

"Angkor Boy"
Young boy of Siem Reap, Cambodia taking in the sites of Angkor Wat

Julie Garran

Australia

Nominee

"Painting after Shaving"
Hindu ritual, by the Ganga, Varanasi.

Kathryn Riesz Schapper

USA

Nominee

"The Meeting"
from the Throughout Time series

KC Montgomery

USA

Nominee

"Lift-off"

Liz Hardley

New Zealand

Nominee

"I'm the Best"

Luca Boveri

USA

Nominee

"The Living Goddess"
Kumari, The living goddess of Katmandhu.The child goddess.

Margrieta Jeltema

Italy

Nominee

"Twins"

Marshall Gould

USA

Nominee

"Practicing"

Marshall Gould

USA

Nominee

"Happy Bubble Girl"

Martina Platte

Hong Kong

Nominee

"Thirst (1)"

May Sim

Malaysia

Nominee

"Happy School Boys"
This picture was taken in a small village school in Yuan Yang, China

Mihai Chebac

USA

Nominee

"Swimming champs #5"

Milos Markovic

Serbia

Nominee

"Life That is Coming"
Young girl, in anticipation of marathon runners. Belgrade 2009

Nick Ng

Malaysia

Nominee

"Behind The Window"
A village boy peers from within the window of his home in Dhaka.

Nick Ng

Malaysia

Nominee

"Our World"
The portrait of the children of a poor colony in the slum of Jaipur.

Nikolay Smolyak

Russia

Nominee

"Gallant"

Oliver Stegmann

Switzerland

Nominee

"Balloon Girl"
Bahia, Brazil - 2015

Oliver Stegmann

Switzerland

Nominee

"Yemanjá"
Bahia, Brazil - 2015

Pamela Steege

USA

Nominee

"First Pair"
Mama don,t let your babies to be Cowboys. They start them young as part of rodeos families

Paul Crampton

Canada

Nominee

"Promise Not To Tell"
A staged telling of secrets... Secrets?... not for long...

Petros Nikolaides

Cyprus

Nominee

"Twelve"
London, United Kingdom

Petter Rustad

Norway

Nominee

"Summer Joy"
Risor, Norway

Prashanta Hridoy

Bangladesh

Nominee

"Eid Festival"
During Muslim Eid festival cow slaughtered. Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Sighting of an Alien Craft"
A traditionally dressed rajasthani boy staring at a hot air balloon. Such balloons are an alien sight in the desert landscape of the place. A novel sighting indeed!